Friday, September 06, 2013

At the outset, complaint of excessive sweating in the armpit
in Chennai is ridiculous as people in Chennai sweat all over the body 24 hours
a day, 365 days a year. Still, is there a safe treatment to arrest this awkward
issue though sweating is actually a natural body temperature regulator?

First you should know that if you suffer from excessive
sweating, it's not because you have too many sweat glands, it's because of the
nerve cell activity of those glands. There are two types of sweat glands,
apoccrine and eccrine glands.

How many people
suffer from excessive sweating?

Surprisingly, as many as 1% of the population suffers from excessive
sweating, especially excessive underarm sweating. Everybody sweats more when
they are hot or nervous, but excessive sweating may be partly due to our genes.It's important to control excessive sweating,
and there are many different opinions and views on how to achieve this. If you
suffer from excessive sweating, you've probably already tried the commercial
antiperspirants and deodorants, and you're still looking for a cure for your
problem.

Remedies to arrest excessive
sweating:

Diet control alone will not cure excessive sweating, but can
help reduce it somewhat. Certain foods, such as onions, fish, garlic, and spicy
foods like curry, can be smelled in the sweat. Try to reduce your intake of
these types of foods.

Underarm hair holds sweat and can make the problem worse. If
possible, shave your armpits to reduce the bacteria build-up.

There are other expensive and more painful cures available,
such as Botox injections given in very small doses into the skin which can stop
excessive sweating for 2-8 months. However, Botox is a poison, and it's natural
to have concerns about the long term effects of such treatment.

As a last resort, surgery is often considered, where the
sympathetic nerves that control sweating are cut. This type of operation
requires general anesthesia, and is not guaranteed to work. The success rate is
approximately 30%. Underarm skin can be removed and can be quite effective, but
this is not a common operation due to the scarring and is not encouraged or performed
very often.

Natural ways to cure excessive sweating are by far the
easiest and cheapest way to control the problem. It's definitely safer to try
diet control and natural remedies first.